Author Archive: Real Seed Co
Real Seed Co
December 5, 2021
New at CANNAMANtv – enjoyed this and looking forward to the next one on Cannabis & Alchemy. Shown in East London at the Royal Albert Dock working on hemp cordage for rigging are a group of lascars. Lascars were block-hired…
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Real Seed Co
November 30, 2021
About to record an episode for the excellent CANNAMANtv podcast and honoured to join a list of guests that includes Tommy Chong, Roger Pertwee, and among the finest cannabis historians, Professor James Mills. Check out Prof Mills’ book Cannabis Britannica…
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Real Seed Co
November 21, 2021
A new accession direct from Shan State, an ethnically Tai region of Burma. ‘Tai’ refers collectively to Thai, Lao, Shan and many other groups from Southeast Asia, all of who share – to greater or lesser degrees – a tradition…
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Real Seed Co
November 21, 2021
Charas or Hashish?, a piece on misconceptions about traditional cannabis resin, is updated regarding ‘attarchi’ and ‘attari’, names mostly used by old-timers in the Uttarakhand Himalaya and Nepal for chronic charas smokers (‘charsis’) ‘Attar’ is a popular name in these…
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Real Seed Co
October 11, 2021
Our ‘Colombia 90’ line is available now, only at Kwik Seeds. Our best guess is this strains originates through a ‘Colombia Gold’ crossing with a ‘Northern Lights’. ‘Colombia Gold’ itself likely has roots in Thai genetics introduced by Westerners during…
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Real Seed Co
September 28, 2021
As of today (28/09/2021), freebies with all orders are as follows: Ukhrul – 12 seeds Afghan Mix – 5 seeds That means any order of any strain in any quantity gets 17 freebie seeds. The photo shows as a ganja…
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Real Seed Co
September 6, 2021
Sadhus prepare bhang (cannabis) to drink or eat in the painting ‘Mughals Visit an Encampment of Sadhus’ by Mir Sayyid Ali c. 1565 Dashnami Naga camps today are in all but the obvious details essentially identical, except that you will…
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Real Seed Co
September 5, 2021
Xinjiang was once at the heart of global cannabis production, supplying Central Asian sieved charas (hashish) to what was the world’s largest market for cannabis drugs, India. The Xinjiang charas trade came to a sudden halt in the 1930s following…
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Real Seed Co
August 19, 2021
This one looks at the new PRC study on origins, nomads and Cannabis, Scythian death rites and warfare, anarchist qalandars, battlefield yogis, orgiastic Kaulas, and the future of Cannabis in Afghanistan… among other things… The image is a battle between…
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Real Seed Co
August 15, 2021
‘Everything Comes from China!’ A response to the already notorious new genomics study from Guangfeng Ren et al. is now up at the main blog: Did Cannabis and its Cultivation Originate in China? It’s rather a serious piece, so if…
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